March 23, 2023. Difficulty rose by +7.56% to 46.84T from 43.55T.
Change
+7.56%
New difficulty
46.84T
Period length
13.0 days
Network hashrate then (7-day)
324.2 EH/s
Bitcoin price then
$27,833
Hashprice then
$82/PH/day
The 2,016 blocks before it took 13.0 days instead of 14, so the network had more hashrate than the difficulty assumed, and difficulty rose by 7.56%: a large adjustment. For every machine on the network that is a pay cut of the same size until the next retarget.